Great forum. Glad I found it before I purchase. Today I spoke to a saleman at a dealership in New England. During my q&a about a 2004 (with f1) 28k miles he said that all Maserati's will puff a small amount of blue smoke at start up if the car sits for a few days. Is that true. And is 40k in line for a 2004? The car in question is not the dealers but someone that get's the service work done there. I gave him the vin and he knew both the owner and car. ( Nice things to say about both) But when I heard about blue smoke I knew it was time to bring in the real pro's, The people that own them. Thanks for any help.
Does a Maserati "smoke" at start up?
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I get the puff of smoke when i move the car (when it's cold), park it right away without it warming up, and then starting the engine shortly thereafter. There was an old thread around here where a bunch of people seemed to notice the same thing, as i recall due to the different thermal expansion rates of the pistons and block, and the oil lining the cylinder walls. Perfectly normal, as long as it stops right away.
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ditto, same here
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Mine only smoked once, after a long drive it sat for a few hours and when I restarted it, it smoked.
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All Maserati/Ferrari's and any other engine
with forged pistons will smoke a bit on startup. Forged pistons expand more than cast ones so the tolerances are a little loser in the engine, 5 thousands instead of 3 to 4 in regard to cylinder wall clearance, so expect a little bit of smoke until the pistons expand once the temperature in the engine comes up.
There is the alternative..... Having a cast Piston explode in the cylinder wall at high rpm, anything above 5500 or more, which just doesn't seem like an option...
with forged pistons will smoke a bit on startup. Forged pistons expand more than cast ones so the tolerances are a little loser in the engine, 5 thousands instead of 3 to 4 in regard to cylinder wall clearance, so expect a little bit of smoke until the pistons expand once the temperature in the engine comes up.
There is the alternative..... Having a cast Piston explode in the cylinder wall at high rpm, anything above 5500 or more, which just doesn't seem like an option...
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Same here, a little smoke at startup after it sits for a few days.
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Love this place. Started it up today to move it out side for the insurance guy to take some pics. Big cloud of smoke at start up. Kind of freaked me out a bit. I had Mecedes flash backs. Started it to move back and more smoke but not as much. Read threads. Rest east.
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i haven't seen any smoke, let alone blue smoke...more like condensation/steam once or twice, i think
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The blue smoke at start up is because of the oil that is left in the cylinders when the engine is turned off.
Dry sump engines all do that. No worries.
Dry sump engines all do that. No worries.
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Ali.. VERY true. So does my dry sump Harley chopper.
But I've noticed my car only smokes after sex...... Hmmmm...
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Yeah, it IS Italian Buzz. They invented the idea.
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